28 Bible Verses About Submission

And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord.

And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.

And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.

And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.

And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.